2023-11-08 19:14:00
In one of the few interviews given to international media, two senior officials of the Islamist group Hamas They explained that the attack carried out once morest Israel last October 7, where thousands of people were murdered, was to generate a “permanent state of war” and tell people that the “Palestinian cause” was not going to die.
One month following the massacre that caused at least 1,400 fatalities on the Israeli side and where more than 200 people were kidnapped as hostages, members of the group of Palestinian origin asked that “the Arab world” supports them. After the offensive, Israel responded with a massive attack and currently the Gaza Health Ministry – under the control of Hamas, reported more than 10,000 dead and 25,000 injured.
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“The goal of Hamas It is not governing Gaza and bring it water, electricity and things like that. This battle was not because we wanted fuel or workers. He was not seeking to improve the situation in Gaza. This battle is for completely overthrow the situation“, he indicated Khalil al-Hayyapart of the leadership of the terrorist group, The New York Times in the city of Doha.
“What might change the equation was a great act and, without a doubt, it was known that the reaction to this would be great“, he stated regarding the water, air and land offensive in which thousands of militiamen were deployed. In that sense, he maintained that the attack was planned and executed by a small circle of commanders in Gaza and was “deadlier than they thought” upon recognition they broke through “Israel’s vaunted defenses” with ease.
“We managed to put the Palestinian issue on the table and now no one in the region is calm,” Al-Hayya said. Along these lines, he commented that Hamas, the Qassam Brigade – his armed wing – and the resistance “woke up the world from his deep sleep and demonstrated that this issue” must remain valid.
A permanent state of war
The media advisor of the Islamist group, Taher Nounou, declared to the American media that his wish is that “the state of war with Israel becomes permanent on all borders” and that the “Arab world supports them.”
The idea of a normalization of links between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which had long supported and financed the Palestinian cause with a lot of money, was closer than ever. For this reason, the leaders of the group considered that this issue “was being left out” and only drastic action “might revive it.”
On October 24, Ghazi Hamadanother high rank of Hamashe told the Lebanese television channel LBC that the massacre of October 7 It was “the first of many”and that “there will be a second, a third and a fourth” if the group sees the opportunity.
“Will we have to pay a price? Yes, and we are willing to pay it. They call us a nation of martyrs and we are proud to sacrifice martyrs”, he expressed.
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In the last days Israel has received multiple calls to allow fuel and humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, negotiations are taking place from Qatar for the release of 12 hostagessix of them Americans, captured by Hamas in Israel, in exchange for “a three-day humanitarian truce,” according to the agency AFP.
The truce would also allow Egypt, which borders the Gaza Strip, to provide “larger” humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian territory through the Rafah crossing. For the moment, Israel has refused any truce as long as the hostages are not releaseddespite urgent calls from the UN, international NGOs and other countries to carry out a ceasefire.
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